Lai Claudia K Y
School of Nursing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Nurse Res. 2010;17(3):72-84. doi: 10.7748/nr2010.04.17.3.72.c7748.
Increasingly, narrative and life story are being used in health and social sciences, and other disciplines. Narrative analysis assumes multiple forms in a variety of analytic practices, with no single or correct way to analyse stories. This paper explores the concepts and meanings of narrative and narrative enquiry; their ontology and epistemology, and their use as a research method will be discussed as well. Ethics will be addressed briefly. This paper will help readers to grasp the essential elements in understanding narrative and narrative enquiry.
叙事和生活故事在健康与社会科学以及其他学科中的应用越来越广泛。叙事分析在各种分析实践中呈现出多种形式，不存在单一或正确的故事分析方法。本文探讨了叙事和叙事探究的概念与意义；它们的本体论和认识论，同时也将讨论其作为一种研究方法的用途。还将简要论述伦理问题。本文将帮助读者掌握理解叙事和叙事探究的关键要素。
